The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-31

SUSANNA MADoRA sALTER.
Kansas is nothing II not radical. Within her
borders was shed the first blood in the war for
freedom. Sho was the first State to ratiiy the
Fourteenth Amendment. She was the leader In
tho fight for prohibition. and her latest distinc-
ton Is being tho first State in the Union to
grant to the women Of municipalities tho right
to vote on all matters referred to popular suf-
frage. This carried with 1t tho right to hold
municipal Office, and so 1t happened that Mrs.
Susanna Madeira Salter was last spring elected
Mayor of Argonia, that she qualified. and that
she Is now endeavoring to perform the duties
OF that post. At the samo election the town OF
Syracuse, in Hamilton county, elected five
married ladies to the Council, the Mayor be-
ing the only masculine representative in tho
Administration. Reports from Syracuse con-
firm most natural presupposition: the
Mayor and Council OF that city arc ENJOYING an
era Of good will seldom seen between tho ex-
ecutive and Legislative branches OF a city Gov
eminent. At Argonia the conditions are ex-
actly reversed and indications are that the
situation is in sympathy with the conditions.
Being in southwestern Kansas, and having
heard something Of Argonia's Chief Magis-
tratc. determined to spend few hours in the
little town and gain from personal observation
some knowledge of the workings OF this latest
Kansas idea" The avenues Of information
found open to oil corners. An interview with
the Mayoress was easily secured and even
obtained tho further favor of a photograph of
Mrs. Salter. This, made by u lady artist of
ing her an older and severer look than she
usually possesses although in the main It Is
nr"n ths as1 Il es as ehh
meeting. and ono OF the Mayors duties is to
preside ct the sessions Of the City Fathers. I
she was clothed in all the dignity Of her office,
and thus view was had OF her in all the capa:
cities she Ills as wife. mother citizen and
In her intercourse with strangers Mrs; Sailor
Is sorda frank and nr9peryS dEniiissd She
speaking to the point and nsnallyin good Eng
fish. though occasionally lapsins into what has
eps Enslish It having been the fault OF the
good st. John in compensation to frequently
s@nG is
years Of ago. She is about feet 81 inches In
S hE is .o ahsr a the poSns, and of PLUMP
DARK gray. ana her hair; which she wears part;
shade. She dresses neatly, but not expensive
~. making all her. own clothes and also those
q her children, Of whom she has four, three
aged (; Wintrod, aged a.. and MeIya, a one.
Srs little ap to Ct se
election from that Of thousands Of her sisters
XsS asys Gs SrSGss,
away their lives in tho service S Of those near
Salter said when asked II she, was accustomed
to attending conventions OF her sex through
g
Temperance Union OF which order E you will
homo duties. and as have never had a girl
until since my election, you may easily under;
had an inclination. to run around attending
State conventions and meetings" And What
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mother, and for bringing up her children In the
Mrs. salters maiden name was Susanna
Madeira kinsey. and she was born Of Quaker
poaSs o 81 r 1885, ne IN s s5c
with her parents to farm twelve miles west
Of Topeka, Kan, and thus. with the exception
her husband, she removed, to ArGonin about
the Kansas State industrial College at Man
haitian, of which the Rev. John A. Anderson.
s Rpesden
sho subseauently married Louis A. sailor tho
one Of the Regents Of tho institution and
his assS& eoes Wheh he dd b
running errands and doing any kind OF work
he could obtain; Every student Mt this col;
study, and Miss Kinsey selected drossmakihg,
and II is her boast now that she never hired but
on9 dr. dress made in her life, In the beginning
oyeEYYork: and though she would h have grada-
ating essay partly prepared on the subject.
day. the death f,ro at thas time q
warned her to seek rest; and she never re-
turned 70 SCHOOL In the fall q 1850 she was
settlement OF Quakers had laid out and
named IN honor Of tho fHb b1 hunters for The
place was Oliver Kinsey. Mrs. Salter's father
first winter Mr. and Mrs; Sailor lived IN a d.
windows. Their cooking WINS done on a gaso-
line stove. and portable heater. the stone
pine Of which was run thg2uGh chute hole;
change Il would be- necessary to to pick up the
heater and carry it to the other side OF the
house to another chute hoo.
pSd BY suSR sd EffS Sass
gagged actively In business. and they soon be-
gan to prosper. They were both instrumental |
fs bs % s sSps took sau,Gh tho
inent part In the organization OF u branch of !
the Womap's Christian TEMPERANCE Union: |
Being fond OF parliamentary practice and |
school. and belonged TO debating societies. |
sho always insisted on having meetings con- |
Quoted In due form, and this fact, among her |
about all the feeling against her which is |
noticeable to-day, outside OF tho opposition |
made by those differing from her on moral |
and Bumptuary matters.
toward "woman's rights" or strong minded |
ness. and 1t is the testimony Of her neiGhbors |